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JOHN JANES, OF CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSlGN-OR OF ONE- HALF TOGEORGE VOODS, OF SAME PLACE.

REED-ORGAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,291, dated February'7, 1882.

I Application filed October 27, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN JANEs, a citizen of the United States, residingat Cambridgeport, in the county of MiddlescX and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reed-Organs; and Ido hereby declare that the same are fully described in the followingspecification and illus trated in the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in reed-organs; and itconsistsinthecombination, with an ordinary unison set of reeds, of an im' provedceleste attach ment,which is carried out as follows, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, on which- Figure 1 represents a plan viewof the invention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal sec tion; and Fig. 3represents a cross-section on the line A B, shown in Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wher ever they occur on theditt'erent parts of the drawings.

a is the wind chamber of an ordinary reedorgan, on which I) is thereed-board, provided with tube-boards 0 c, an octave set of reeds, d d,and a unison set of reeds, d d, as usual.

Dis a stop for the reeds d d, and D is a similar stop for the reeds d d,in the ordinary manner, which stops are operated by means ofstop-handles and suitable connecting mechanism therefrom, as usual, suchhandles and connecting mechanism being, however, not shown in thedrawings.

6 e-are the valves for the reeds d d.

f and f are the swell-tops, with pelforated pitman-bar g and push-pins hh, as usual.

1' is the key-frame, and k represent the ordinary keys for actuating thevalves 0 e.

Z is the wind-chamber for the celeste reeds m m, which wind chamber isconnected to the main wind-chamber a by means of the passage a, as shownin Fig. 2.

0 0 are the valves for the celeste reeds m m, which valves are actuatedfrom the keys k is by means of the usual adjustable screws, 12 p,knee-levers q q, and push-pins M", as shown in the drawings.

S is the tube-board for the celeste reedsm m. The tube-board S isprovided with upper openings, t 1, covered by the stop T, and also withside openings or perforations, u a, covered by the stop U, which stopsare actuated by means of suitable handles and connecting mechanism fromsuch handles to said stops, in the usual manner, such connectingmechanism and handles being, however, not shown in the drawings.

The reeds d d and celeste reeds m m are tuned together to the same pitchwhen the stops D, T, and U are all open, as shown in dotted lines inFig. 2, and consequently when either of the stops T or U is opened, aswell as the valves 0 0, the reeds m we will sound out of tune, andtherefore a VOX celeste is produced by playing the unison set of reeds dd, together with the reeds m m, and opening the stop 1) and either ofthe stops T or U; and it will thus be seen that the'reeds m m may beplayed in connection with the unison set of reeds d d in harmony byopening all the stops D, T, and U, and as a vox celcste accompaniment byopening the stop D and one of the stops T or U only; also, if sodesired, the set of reeds m m may be played alone by opening both theirstops T and U. By this my improved voX celeste arrangement it is onlynecessary to open one stop on the tube-board S to produce a vox celestein combination with the opening of the stop D on the unison set of reedsd d, as described.

What I wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim, is-

In a reed-organ, the combination, with a unison set of reeds, d d, andits stop D, of an ad ditional set of reeds, m m, and tube-board S, withits two stops T U and corresponding reed- .openings, the reeds m atbeing so tuned as to be in tune when both of its stops T U are open,student of tune when either of said stops alone is open, as and for thepurposes described.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN J ANES. Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDREN, FRANCIS ALLEN.

